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Compare players, 1968-69 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.911, 65th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.79 a game, 40th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 60th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 52 games, 60th percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.905, 35th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 2.74 a game, 45th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 28.9 shots a game, 35th percentileGary Smith: Games, 54 games, 70th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 20 goalies who played at least a quarter as many games as the busiest. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number.

The numbers

Gerry Cheevers G, BOS 1968-69 Gary Smith G, WIN
52 Games played 54
27 Wins 22
12 Losses 21
3 Shutouts 4
1,638 Shots against 1,559
1,493 Saves 1,411
145 Goals against 148
0.911 Save % 0.905
2.80 Goals against average 2.96

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.